If you’re writing a paper, presentation, memo, resume, cover letter, or other formal document OR you’re speaking up in a meeting or class or giving a class or work presentation, you wouldn’t use slang, which are informal words and expressions.
On the other hand, if you’re chatting with friends, you might use slang.
Here are some examples of slang along with their meanings:
- ace—expert at something
- all-nighter—what you do when you don’t sleep in order to study; often used in “pull an all-nighter”
- bent out of shape—angry or upset
- big stink—big fuss about something
- blown away—amazed
- bomb—bad performance, as a terrible play on Broadway
- boo-boo—small mistake or error
- booze—liquor
- bucks—money
- chicken—coward
- come up for air—rest up
- con—deceive
- cool—good, enjoyable, or even terrific
- cram—study hard
- deep pockets—has a lot of money
- dirty look—disapproving glance at someone
- dirty movie—film that includes pornographic content
- dirty work—low-level task(s)
- dope—either stupid person OR narcotic(s)
- flip out—become agitated
- get it—understand
- glitch—small or minor problem
- goofed up—made mistakes
- gross—disgusting
- guts—courage
- hi or hiya—hello
- hyper—very nervous
- I.D.—identification
- jerk someone around—not tell someone the truth
- kick out of—really enjoy
- knockout—very attractive person, usually a woman
- megabucks—a great deal of money
- no sweat—easy to do
- pad—place to live
- piece of cake—easy to do
- pig out—eat a lot
- pro—either in favor of something OR someone who does something expertly
- psyched up—excited about
- put-on—deception
- screw around—not focus on task at hand, fool around
- smashed—drunk
- sucker—fool
- veg out—relax
- vibes—feelings
- whiz—expert
- zip—none.
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